Veerbhadra or Virbhadra (वीरभद्र) is a town in Dehradun district

Dehradun district

There are five railway stations in Dehradun:* Raiwala* Rishikesh* Doiwala* Harrawala* DehradunAirport...

 in the India

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n state

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 of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

, situated close to the pilgrimage town of Rishikesh.

It is most known as the factory township of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited

Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited

Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited is a large Indian government-owned pharmaceutical manufacturing company, incorporated on 5 April 1961 with the aim of achieving India's self-sufficiency in pharmaceuticals manufacturing. IDPL performed a pioneering role in the growth of the Indian drug...

, Rishikesh plant (IDPL), a Government of India

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 undertaking, established in 1967, with about 2700 houses, with Inter College and a Kendriya Vidyalaya

Kendriya Vidyalaya

Kendriya Vidyalaya, is a system of central government schools under the Ministry of Human Resource Development ....

, established in 2003

The town also has a Neem Karoli Baba

Neem Karoli Baba

Shri Neem Karoli Baba or Shri Neeb Karori Baba , also known to followers as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu guru and devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman...

 Ashram and a Sri Hanuman Mandir. Very near to the town is the Pashulok Barrage

Pashulok Barrage

The Pashulok Barrage is a barrage located on the Ganges River just south of Rishikesh in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India. In a run-of-the-river scheme, the main purpose of the barrage is to divert water into a canal on the east bank of the river which feeds water to the Chilla Power Plant...

 which acts as a water reservoir for the Chilla Hydro power plant. The motorable road to the Neelkanth temple passes along the top of the dam.

Geography

Virbhadra is located at 30.07°N 78.28°E. It has an average elevation of 330 metres (1,083 feet).

History

It is named after Virabhadra

Virabhadra

According to Hindu mythology, Virabhadra or Veerabhadra was a super being created by the wrath of Rudra , when he stepped in to destroy the Yagna of Daksha, after his daughter Dakshayani - consort of Shiva, self-immolated in yagna fire...

, a being created through the wrath of Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 after the yagya of Daksha

Daksha

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, at Kankhal

Kankhal

Kankhal is a small colony in Haridwar in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand state in India.Mentioned in the Vayu Purana and the Mahabharata as Kanakhala , Kankhal is one of 'Panch Tirth' within Haridwar, with other spots being Gangadwara , Kushwart , Bilwa Teerth and Neel Parvat...

. An ancient Shiv temple known as Virbhadra Temple, dedicated to him, is situated with in town. Virbhadra is famous for the first government pharmaceutical plant, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited (IDPL).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Virbhadra had a population of 13,271. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Virbhadra has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 75%. In Virbhadra, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.